There are two high tides and two low tides in each 25-hour period because

A. Earth completes a full rotation every 24 hours but the Moon moves too.
B. the Moon orbits Earth in 25 hours.
C. heating and cooling of the seas twice each day.
D. Earth orbits around the Sun in a little over 24 hours.


Answer: A

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